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This song is Sayonara wo Kikasete by Nanase Aikawa, a veteran female J-rock singer. It’s the B-side of one of her earlier singles from the late 90s and it is one of my favourite songs from her. This is not the song I am looking for.

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However, I know for a fact that there is an 80s song with English lyrics and a male vocal out there somewhere that has the exact same tune as this song for its chorus. The rest of the song sounds rather different but the chorus is an almost perfect copy. I used to know the song’s title but not any more. (Getting old…)

I’m not sure if Nanase lifted the (rather catchy) tune subconsciously via osmosis or whether Sayonara was meant to be a tribute, and I can’t find any information about this online, whether in English or Japanese. So, please leave a comment if you know the title of this elusive song. It’s driving me crazy.

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10 Responses to “Identify this song!”

The chorus hardly sounds exactly similar, and I heard of the tune but never knew the song’s name, so this is likely a long shot in the dark.

2 Be 3 sang “Even If“, I remembered it as a female vocalist (Roxanne was the first one I thought of) but whatever. Look at the chorus’ lyrics.

Also, wut, I thought Kiss From A Rose was one of the most famous songs out there from Seal, then again it was in 1994 and I was only 12 then (which would make you 6 years old at the time or something).

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Steelkokoro August 10th, 2009 at 12:24 pm

I like Kiss From A Rose.
Btw, another of her songs, Aoi Hikari, is a cover of Procol Harum’s
A Whiter Shade of Pale.
And Ito Yuna’s Endless Story is a cover of Faith Hill’s If I’m Not In Love.
Bwahaha.

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sekoj August 11th, 2009 at 2:08 am

Kiss from a rose has oddly been one of my all time favourite songs, thank you for linking this cover. Best version I’ve heard yet! :)

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alun August 11th, 2009 at 6:19 pm

I think Seal’s original recording had more passion in it. There’s more to music than striking notes. That chorus does sound familiar. Probably heard it in a movie or something.

Hope this gets identified before youtube mutes it, if anyone gets it they can contact me by email at “Shadow_Dragosani@hotmail.com”. Please put “Name of the song” on the topic and the name of the song with the artist name in the message. Thank you

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